16 Quotations by Leo C. Rosten
- 1. A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
- 2. A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behi ...
- 3. Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.
- 4. Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessl ...
- 5. Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.
- 6. Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capa ...
- 7. Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
- 8. Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that th ...
- 9. I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
- 10. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate ...
- 11. In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, ...
- 12. Satire is focused bitterness.
- 13. The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
- 14. The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
- 15. The purpose of life is not to be happy. The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have ...
- 16. Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
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